AudioDeviceCmdlets is a suite of PowerShell Cmdlets to control audio devices on Windows.
This is a fork of the work by Francois Gendron's AudioDeviceCmdlets with an overhauled and simplified user interface, and additional features to manage Communications devices.
- List all audio devices
- Get or Set the default playback or recording multimedia device
- Get or Set the default playback or recording communications device
- Get or Set volume and mute state of an audio device
Download a pre-build copy of AudioDeviceCmdlets.dll or use Visual Studio to build your own.
New-Item "$($profile | split-path)\Modules\AudioDeviceCmdlets" -Type directory -Force
Copy-Item "C:\Path\to\AudioDeviceCmdlets.dll" "$($profile | split-path)\Modules\AudioDeviceCmdlets\AudioDeviceCmdlets.dll"
Set-Location "$($profile | Split-Path)\Modules\AudioDeviceCmdlets"
Get-ChildItem | Unblock-File
Import-Module AudioDeviceCmdletsGet-AudioDevice [-List] # Outputs a list of all devices as <AudioDevice>
-Id <string> # Outputs the device with the ID corresponding to the given <string>
-Index <int> # Outputs the device with the Index corresponding to the given <int>Set-AudioDevice <AudioDevice> [<Action Parameters>] # Identifies a device using the pipeline input
-Id <string> [<Action Parameters>] # Identifies a device using the devices ID
-Index <int> [<Action Parameters>] # Identifies a device using its corresponding Index
<Action Parameters> :=
-MultimediaDefault # Sets the identified device as the default Multimedia device
-CommunicationDefault # Sets the identified device as the default Communications device
-Mute=<bool> # Mutes or unmutes the identified device
-MuteToggle # Toggles the mute state of the identified device
-Volume=<int> # Sets the volume of the identified device to the specified percentagePS D:\> Get-AudioDevice -List
Index : 1
Id : {0.0.0.00000000}.{7df6e4fe-c811-47da-8540-6237103ff88e}
Name : Headphones (Astro MixAmp Pro Game)
Type : Playback
MultimediaDefault : True
CommunicationDefault : False
State : Active
Mute : False
Volume : 100
Index : 2
Id : {0.0.0.00000000}.{91fbaacc-267c-4426-b6f5-fd0488aa0f4b}
Name : Speakers/Headphones (Realtek(R) Audio)
Type : Playback
MultimediaDefault : False
CommunicationDefault : False
State : Active
Mute : False
Volume : 100
Index : 3
Id : {0.0.0.00000000}.{a5fbb7af-4b5d-4fef-a115-b23e9f471039}
Name : Headset and Mic (Astro MixAmp Pro Voice)
Type : Playback
MultimediaDefault : False
CommunicationDefault : True
State : Active
Mute : False
Volume : 100
Index : 4
Id : {0.0.1.00000000}.{a84fb96c-2424-49f6-b1c3-9fa8f553c791}
Name : Microphone (Realtek(R) Audio)
Type : Recording
MultimediaDefault : False
CommunicationDefault : False
State : Active
Mute : False
Volume : 100
Index : 5
Id : {0.0.1.00000000}.{b55928b7-618c-4906-ab4b-bb5ac12626ba}
Name : Line (Astro MixAmp Pro Game)
Type : Recording
MultimediaDefault : False
CommunicationDefault : False
State : Active
Mute : False
Volume : 100
Index : 6
Id : {0.0.1.00000000}.{e5e7230f-7c5e-4fda-881f-9e6f3cf1f618}
Name : Headset Microphone (Astro MixAmp Pro Voice)
Type : Recording
MultimediaDefault : True
CommunicationDefault : True
State : Active
Mute : False
Volume : 100PS D:\> Get-AudioDevice | Where-Object CommunicationDefault -eq $true
Index : 3
Id : {0.0.0.00000000}.{a5fbb7af-4b5d-4fef-a115-b23e9f471039}
Name : Headset and Mic (Astro MixAmp Pro Voice)
Type : Playback
MultimediaDefault : False
CommunicationDefault : True
State : Active
Mute : False
Volume : 100
Index : 6
Id : {0.0.1.00000000}.{e5e7230f-7c5e-4fda-881f-9e6f3cf1f618}
Name : Headset Microphone (Astro MixAmp Pro Voice)
Type : Recording
MultimediaDefault : True
CommunicationDefault : True
State : Active
Mute : False
Volume : 100PS D:\> Set-AudioDevice -Id "{0.0.0.00000000}.{91fbaacc-267c-4426-b6f5-fd0488aa0f4b}" -MultimediaDefault -CommunicationDefault
Index : 2
Id : {0.0.0.00000000}.{91fbaacc-267c-4426-b6f5-fd0488aa0f4b}
Name : Speakers/Headphones (Realtek(R) Audio)
Type : Playback
MultimediaDefault : True
CommunicationDefault : True
State : Active
Mute : False
Volume : 100-
Using Visual Studio, open the Solution from the
SOURCEfolder
File -> Open -> Project/Solution... -
Set solution configuration to 'Release'
Build -> Configuration Manager... -
Build Cmdlet
Build -> Build AudioDeviceCmdlets
Based on code posted to Code Project by Ray Molenkamp with comments and suggestions by MadMidi
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18520/Vista-Core-Audio-API-Master-Volume-Control
Based on code posted to GitHub by Chris Hunt
https://github.com/cdhunt/WindowsAudioDevice-Powershell-Cmdlet
Based on code posted to GitHub by Francois Gendron
https://github.com/frgnca/AudioDeviceCmdlets